A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

Understanding how molecules interact with ions is a cornerstone of chemistry, with applications from pollution detection and cleanup to drug delivery. In a series of new studies led by JILA Fellow ...

The state hasn’t kept track, so now lawmakers want to create a database with maps of where those ancient ponds are located. It’s the first step in restoring a key component of native food ...

While the most promising theory is that the Garden of Eden was located in an area called Mesopotamia ... late 1290s European world map features such a location. In ancient times, there was ...

has released his latest geography map. March Madness will crown a champion today. Five teams (Connecticut-6, Duke-5, North Carolina-4, Kansas & Kentucky-3) have won a total of 21 titles in the ...

Over time, kohl became a symbol of beauty and even played a role in spiritual rituals. But let’s be real—those ancient formulas aren’t exactly safe for the eyes, no matter what they were led to ...

Eleven rock-hewn churches form the Orthodox Christian holy site of Lalibela in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region. Nicole Evatt The Associated Press Vendors sell everything from spices to handwoven baskets and ...